IP-2024-000057 - [2025] EWHC 1687 (IPEC)

[A] A hoist mechanism for loading into or unloading from a load carrying space of a vehicle, the hoist mechanism being installable in said vehicle and comprising

[B] a lifting arm (14) pivotally connected to an actuator (20), the inclination of said lifting arm being controlled by the actuator (20), wherein:

[C] when the lifting arm is in a fully raised position, a projecting upper end section (32) of a major part (15) of the lifting arm (14) extends substantially horizontally;

[D] an effective length of the projecting upper end section (32) is made variable by the provision of an extension element (34) adjustably fixed to it;

and characterised in that

[E] the lifting arm (14) is variable in upstanding height by a provision of a lower end section (13) slidably connected to the major part (15) of the lifting arm (14),

[F] wherein both length and height variations are made by stepless adjustments.